A House Through Time
Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Cast:David Olusoga , Deborah Sugg Ryan , Ian Hislop , Gaynor Evans , Wilfred Steele
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
David discovers how the house came to be built as a merchant's residence by a canny property developer at a time when Liverpool was one of the world's great trading ports.
S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
David Olusoga follows the residents of the house from the 1850s to 1890s, a period of rapid change. He uncovers the story of why the house changed from a single dwelling to a boarding house, a Jewish immigrant and a sad family drama.
S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3
This edition charts the fortunes of the various residents of the house during the turbulent period from 1891 to 1945 - encompassing two World Wars and the Great Depression.
S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4
The show concludes by charting the history of the house from 1945 to the present day. A period of post-war austerity, decline, creativity and regeneration.
